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"There are 20 million sites on the web, and
nearly all of them are awful." Currently there are a lot more than 20
million sites on the web, but Jakob Nielsen was expressing the need for
usability during a time when the Internet was very young. Dr. Nielsen
worked at Sun Microsystems where he became the usability chief, designing
their official website and SunWeb intranet. He is currently a
Distinguished Engineer for Strategic Technology at SunSoft, the software
planet of Sun Microsystems. His current projects include
object-oriented user interfaces, online documentation, and usability
engineering methodology. For over 20 years, Dr. Nielsen has worked
with Dr. Donald Norman at the Nielsen Norman Group, where he continues his
research and consultation for usability. Dr. Nielsen also oversees his
personal website, useit.com, a portal for usable information technology and
one of the most outstanding websites on the Internet. Nielsen is often
referred to as the "smartest person on the web" for his insight into web
design and usability. As the Internet continues to grow, Jakob Nielsen
will remain a key figure and proponent of good web design. |
